diff --git a/hmp.c b/hmp.c
index cb03a15..fc01a05 100644
--- a/hmp.c
+++ b/hmp.c
@@ -284,6 +284,9 @@ void hmp_info_migrate_parameters(Monitor *mon, const QDict *qdict)
         monitor_printf(mon, " %s: %" PRId64,
             MigrationParameter_lookup[MIGRATION_PARAMETER_X_CPU_THROTTLE_INCREMENT],
             params->x_cpu_throttle_increment);
+        monitor_printf(mon, " %s: %" PRId64,
+            MigrationParameter_lookup[MIGRATION_PARAMETER_X_CHECKPOINT_DELAY],
+            params->x_checkpoint_delay);
         monitor_printf(mon, "\n");
     }
 
@@ -1238,6 +1241,7 @@ void hmp_migrate_set_parameter(Monitor *mon, const QDict *qdict)
     bool has_decompress_threads = false;
     bool has_x_cpu_throttle_initial = false;
     bool has_x_cpu_throttle_increment = false;
+    bool has_x_checkpoint_delay = false;
     int i;
 
     for (i = 0; i < MIGRATION_PARAMETER__MAX; i++) {
@@ -1257,6 +1261,8 @@ void hmp_migrate_set_parameter(Monitor *mon, const QDict *qdict)
                 break;
             case MIGRATION_PARAMETER_X_CPU_THROTTLE_INCREMENT:
                 has_x_cpu_throttle_increment = true;
+            case MIGRATION_PARAMETER_X_CHECKPOINT_DELAY:
+                has_x_checkpoint_delay = true;
                 break;
             }
             qmp_migrate_set_parameters(has_compress_level, value,
@@ -1264,6 +1270,7 @@ void hmp_migrate_set_parameter(Monitor *mon, const QDict *qdict)
                                        has_decompress_threads, value,
                                        has_x_cpu_throttle_initial, value,
                                        has_x_cpu_throttle_increment, value,
+                                       has_x_checkpoint_delay, value,
                                        &err);
             break;
         }
diff --git a/migration/migration.c b/migration/migration.c
index 32d4f51..5833baf 100644
--- a/migration/migration.c
+++ b/migration/migration.c
@@ -57,6 +57,11 @@
 /* Migration XBZRLE default cache size */
 #define DEFAULT_MIGRATE_CACHE_SIZE (64 * 1024 * 1024)
 
+/* The delay time (in ms) between two COLO checkpoints
+ * Note: Please change this default value to 10000 when we support hybrid mode.
+ */
+#define DEFAULT_MIGRATE_X_CHECKPOINT_DELAY 200
+
 static NotifierList migration_state_notifiers =
     NOTIFIER_LIST_INITIALIZER(migration_state_notifiers);
 
@@ -92,6 +97,8 @@ MigrationState *migrate_get_current(void)
                 DEFAULT_MIGRATE_X_CPU_THROTTLE_INITIAL,
         .parameters[MIGRATION_PARAMETER_X_CPU_THROTTLE_INCREMENT] =
                 DEFAULT_MIGRATE_X_CPU_THROTTLE_INCREMENT,
+        .parameters[MIGRATION_PARAMETER_X_CHECKPOINT_DELAY] =
+                DEFAULT_MIGRATE_X_CHECKPOINT_DELAY,
     };
 
     if (!once) {
@@ -531,6 +538,8 @@ MigrationParameters *qmp_query_migrate_parameters(Error **errp)
             s->parameters[MIGRATION_PARAMETER_X_CPU_THROTTLE_INITIAL];
     params->x_cpu_throttle_increment =
             s->parameters[MIGRATION_PARAMETER_X_CPU_THROTTLE_INCREMENT];
+    params->x_checkpoint_delay =
+            s->parameters[MIGRATION_PARAMETER_X_CHECKPOINT_DELAY];
 
     return params;
 }
@@ -738,7 +747,10 @@ void qmp_migrate_set_parameters(bool has_compress_level,
                                 bool has_x_cpu_throttle_initial,
                                 int64_t x_cpu_throttle_initial,
                                 bool has_x_cpu_throttle_increment,
-                                int64_t x_cpu_throttle_increment, Error **errp)
+                                int64_t x_cpu_throttle_increment,
+                                bool has_x_checkpoint_delay,
+                                int64_t x_checkpoint_delay,
+                                Error **errp)
 {
     MigrationState *s = migrate_get_current();
 
@@ -773,6 +785,11 @@ void qmp_migrate_set_parameters(bool has_compress_level,
                    "x_cpu_throttle_increment",
                    "an integer in the range of 1 to 99");
     }
+    if (has_x_checkpoint_delay && (x_checkpoint_delay < 0)) {
+        error_setg(errp, QERR_INVALID_PARAMETER_VALUE,
+                    "x_checkpoint_delay",
+                    "is invalid, it should be positive");
+    }
 
     if (has_compress_level) {
         s->parameters[MIGRATION_PARAMETER_COMPRESS_LEVEL] = compress_level;
@@ -793,6 +810,11 @@ void qmp_migrate_set_parameters(bool has_compress_level,
         s->parameters[MIGRATION_PARAMETER_X_CPU_THROTTLE_INCREMENT] =
                                                     x_cpu_throttle_increment;
     }
+
+    if (has_x_checkpoint_delay) {
+        s->parameters[MIGRATION_PARAMETER_X_CHECKPOINT_DELAY] =
+                                                    x_checkpoint_delay;
+    }
 }
 
 void qmp_migrate_start_postcopy(Error **errp)
diff --git a/qapi-schema.json b/qapi-schema.json
index 935870d..582407d 100644
--- a/qapi-schema.json
+++ b/qapi-schema.json
@@ -621,11 +621,16 @@
 # @x-cpu-throttle-increment: throttle percentage increase each time
 #                            auto-converge detects that migration is not making
 #                            progress. The default value is 10. (Since 2.5)
+#
+# @x-checkpoint-delay: The delay time (in ms) between two COLO checkpoints in
+#          periodic mode. (Since 2.6)
+#
 # Since: 2.4
 ##
 { 'enum': 'MigrationParameter',
   'data': ['compress-level', 'compress-threads', 'decompress-threads',
-           'x-cpu-throttle-initial', 'x-cpu-throttle-increment'] }
+           'x-cpu-throttle-initial', 'x-cpu-throttle-increment',
+           'x-checkpoint-delay' ] }
 
 #
 # @migrate-set-parameters
@@ -645,6 +650,9 @@
 # @x-cpu-throttle-increment: throttle percentage increase each time
 #                            auto-converge detects that migration is not making
 #                            progress. The default value is 10. (Since 2.5)
+#
+# @x-checkpoint-delay: the delay time between two checkpoints. (Since 2.6)
+#
 # Since: 2.4
 ##
 { 'command': 'migrate-set-parameters',
@@ -652,7 +660,8 @@
             '*compress-threads': 'int',
             '*decompress-threads': 'int',
             '*x-cpu-throttle-initial': 'int',
-            '*x-cpu-throttle-increment': 'int'} }
+            '*x-cpu-throttle-increment': 'int',
+            '*x-checkpoint-delay': 'int' } }
 
 #
 # @MigrationParameters
@@ -671,6 +680,8 @@
 #                            auto-converge detects that migration is not making
 #                            progress. The default value is 10. (Since 2.5)
 #
+# @x-checkpoint-delay: the delay time between two COLO checkpoints. (Since 2.6)
+#
 # Since: 2.4
 ##
 { 'struct': 'MigrationParameters',
@@ -678,7 +689,9 @@
             'compress-threads': 'int',
             'decompress-threads': 'int',
             'x-cpu-throttle-initial': 'int',
-            'x-cpu-throttle-increment': 'int'} }
+            'x-cpu-throttle-increment': 'int',
+            'x-checkpoint-delay': 'int'} }
+
 ##
 # @query-migrate-parameters
 #
diff --git a/qmp-commands.hx b/qmp-commands.hx
index dabc557..64595cd 100644
--- a/qmp-commands.hx
+++ b/qmp-commands.hx
@@ -3718,6 +3718,7 @@ Set migration parameters
                            throttled for auto-converge (json-int)
 - "x-cpu-throttle-increment": set throttle increasing percentage for
                              auto-converge (json-int)
+- "x-checkpoint-delay": set the delay time for periodic checkpoint (json-int)
 
 Arguments:
 
@@ -3731,7 +3732,7 @@ EQMP
     {
         .name       = "migrate-set-parameters",
         .args_type  =
-            "compress-level:i?,compress-threads:i?,decompress-threads:i?,x-cpu-throttle-initial:i?,x-cpu-throttle-increment:i?",
+            "compress-level:i?,compress-threads:i?,decompress-threads:i?,x-cpu-throttle-initial:i?,x-cpu-throttle-increment:i?,x-checkpoint-delay:i?",
         .mhandler.cmd_new = qmp_marshal_migrate_set_parameters,
     },
 SQMP
